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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2002. / Title from title page of source document. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Gou Gang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-87). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Data Warehouse and OLAP --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- Computational Model: Dependent Lattice --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3 --- Materialized View Selection --- p.12 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Materialized View Selection under a Disk-Space Constraint --- p.13 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Materialized View Selection under a Maintenance-Time Con- straint --- p.16 / Chapter 1.4 --- Main Contributions --- p.21 / Chapter 2 --- A* Search: View Selection under a Disk-Space Constraint --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Weakness of Greedy Algorithms --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2 --- A*-algorithm --- p.29 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- An Estimation Function --- p.36 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Pruning Feasible Subtrees --- p.38 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Approaching the Optimal Solution from Two Directions --- p.41 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- NIBS Order: Accelerating Convergence --- p.43 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Sliding Techniques: Eliminating Redundant H-Computation --- p.45 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Examples --- p.50 / Chapter 2.3 --- Experiment Results --- p.54 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Analysis of Experiment Results --- p.55 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Computing for a Series of S Constraints --- p.60 / Chapter 2.4 --- Conclusions --- p.62 / Chapter 3 --- Randomized Search: View Selection under a Maintenance-Time Constraint --- p.64 / Chapter 3.1 --- Non-monotonic Property --- p.65 / Chapter 3.2 --- A Stochastic-Ranking-Based Evolutionary Algorithm --- p.67 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- A Basic Evolutionary Algorithm --- p.68 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- The Weakness of the rg-Method --- p.69 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Stochastic Ranking: a Novel Constraint Handling Technique --- p.70 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- View Selection Using the Stochastic-Ranking-Based Evolu- tionary Algorithm --- p.72 / Chapter 3.3 --- Conclusions --- p.74 / Chapter 4 --- Conclusions --- p.75 / Chapter 4.1 --- Thesis Review --- p.76 / Chapter 4.2 --- Future Work --- p.78 / Chapter A --- My Publications for This Thesis --- p.81 / Bibliography --- p.83

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2001. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 100 p.; also contains graphics. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-99).

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 2000. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2001. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 100 p.; also contains graphics. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-99).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-112). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-112). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--York University, 2005. Graduate Programme in Computer Science and Engineering. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-117). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url%5Fver=Z39.88-2004&res%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR11840

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, August, 2002. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-54).